CHAMBERSBURG - Emotions ran high at the first day of testimony in the case against a Waynesboro man accused of assaulting two women.

John Boyd Morrow, 49, is on trial this week, accused of groping one woman and burglarizing the home of another woman before assaulting her. His charges include burglary, aggravated assault, criminal trespass, indecent assault, unlawful restraint, terroristic threats and simple assault.

Both incidents occurred within a week of Morrow being released from Franklin County Jail.

The first woman making allegations against Morrow testified that on April 2, she was in her boyfriend's apartment with a few people when she heard a knock at the door. She couldn't be sure what time it was, but didn't think much of it at first.

She soon realized one of the guests in the apartment had let in a man whom she identified as Morrow, and that he had passed out in a bedroom.

The woman said she couldn't remember how much time passed, but Morrow eventually came into the kitchen where she was cooking, and groped her chest.

The woman, who said she has medical issues resulting from a stroke, elbowed Morrow to get him off her. She testified that she saw Morrow's hand start going around her left side, which doesn't have feeling after her stroke, so she tried to elbow him there as well.

Instead, Morrow grabbed her arm, which prompted the woman's boyfriend to break up the incident and kick him out.

The woman testified that Morrow was uneasy on his feet, required assistance out of the apartment and then passed out in the hallway.

It was days later that, due to the woman having no feeling in her left arm, she discovered she had a significant bruise in the shape of a hand that she said came from Morrow grabbing her.

Morrow's attorney repeatedly questioned the woman regarding the timing of Morrow's presence in the apartment. The attorney presented evidence that his client left the building in the morning, which went against the woman's memory of the incident happening in the afternoon.

The woman became agitated, saying she couldn't remember exactly what time, that the stroke affected her memory, and that she didn't remember earlier statements.

"I will shut down," she warned Morrow's attorney, who continued to try to figure out what time the incident happened and whether or not she had met Morrow prior to the incident.

"I know what he did to me," the woman told Morrow's attorney, saying if she didn't know him at the time, she did now.

The second woman testified in the afternoon, after her daughter had testified to finding her mother in a terrorized state in her home in the 100 block of North Potomac Street, Waynesboro on April 2 - the same day as the first alleged assault.

It was around 6:15 p.m. when the daughter, then age 16, arrived at the house with her brother and found stuff scattered all over the kitchen.

The girl called to her mother, who answered from upstairs in the home, and the girl knew something was wrong.

When she got to the bathroom, there was water everywhere and her mother's clothes were on the floor. The girl said she went to her mother's room, and it was pitch black.

"She was freaking out," the girl said. Her mother said a man had broken into the house and hurt her. He was gone, but she couldn't call police because the man would come back and kill the girl and her brother.

The teen's voice began breaking as she described her mother's state, including that she was shaking so hard, she barely spoke.

The woman had previously told police she was attacked while she was putting groceries away, according to court documents.

The woman said Morrow came from behind her, put his hand over her mouth, began kissing her neck, and she tried to fight him off, according to court documents. At the time, she was too emotional to answer additional questions from investigators.

A Waynesboro Police officer who was the first to respond to the scene testified Thursday that when he arrived, the woman was so distressed that it was several minutes before she would say anything to him about what happened.

According to court documents, Morrow spoke with police after he was taken into custody and discussed having been recently released from Franklin County Jail. He said he hadn't been drinking and refuted the allegations made by the women.

Morrow later made statements to police related to both incidents, according to court documents, and said he wanted to call one of the women to say he was sorry and didn't mean to hurt her.

He also wrote a letter of apology to the second woman and her family, saying he "got drunk and messed up," according to court documents.

It is unclear whether Morrow will testify on his own behalf. His trial scheduled to end Friday.

Morrow is being held at Franklin County Jail on a combined $250,000 bail.

Becky Metrick, 717-262-4726

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